LTE EPC - The Bedrock of LTE Networks
EPC, the Evolved Packet Core, is the all-IP mobile core network for 3GPP LTE. A differentiated EPC forms the bedrock for offering innovative new services, enabling new business models over all-IP LTE networks and running the LTE networks optimally. The EPC in 3GPP Rel 8 brings radical changes in the underlying requirements to build a differentiated LTE mobile core network, requireing a new breed of 4G platforms. Apart from enabling LTE networks, EPC also allows interworking with non-3GPP access network. WiChorus, a Tellabs Company, industry leading SmartCore 4G platforms are purpose-built to build world-class Evolved Packet Core networks.
Powerful bearer plane performance needed for LTE networks
Highly distributed design to offer massive control plane performance
Fully integrated and tightly coupled L7 capabilities to offer network optimizations and content monetization capabilities
Extensive hierarchical service flow based architecture to offer service enablement and QoE. In LTE, all realtime and non-realtime services, including voice will need to run over IP and extensive service flows based design is needed
Intra Chassis load-balancing for ease of operation
Stateful reliability and redundancy of mobile subscriber state
SmartCore platforms support following functions for EPC:
LTE EPC is offered on a range of SmartCore platforms, including 9180, 9160 and 9140, to meet the demand of various network size and deployment models.
